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Merck Serono bets on precision medicine

March 11, 2015
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Diagnostics, FDA, Illumina, Merck Serono, opexa, personalised

Merck Serono is looking to expand further into personalised medicine as the company enters into an agreement with Illumina to …

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Roche buys IQuum in $450 million deal

April 8, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, IQuum, Roche

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J&J to sell division for $4.1 billion

January 20, 2014
Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, J&J, JJ, carlyle, ocd, ortho-clinical

Johnson & Johnson has been offered $4.15 billion by private equity firm The Carlyle Group to buy its Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics …

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Roche buys blood testing firm for $220m

July 2, 2013
Sales and Marketing CMI, Diagnostics, Roche

Roche has acquired Boston-based Constitution Medical Investors in order to buy into its haematology testing system. The cancer drug specialist …

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Roche plans €200m investment in diagnostics facility

December 12, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Diagnostics, Roche

Roche has said it intends to invest more than €200 million ($260m) in the construction of a new production plant …

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Roche earmarks $300m for diagnostics HQ

June 26, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Diagnostics, Illumina, Roche, US, manufacturing

Roche has said it intends to invest $300 million over the next 10 years at its diagnostics headquarters in Indianapolis, …

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Roche abandons Illumina takeover bid

April 19, 2012
Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, Illumina, Roche, mergers and acquisitions

Roche has conceded defeat in its bid to buy Illumina, after shareholders of the diagnostics firm blocked the takeover – …

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Roche launches $5.7 billion hostile bid for Illumina

January 25, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, Illumina, Roche

Roche has launched a hostile takeover bid for US diagnostics company Illumina. The Swiss manufacturer appears tired of waiting for …

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GSK moves into diagnostics with Enigma

August 12, 2011
Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, GSK, infectious diseases

GlaxoSmithKline has signed a deal to develop new tests with Enigma Diagnostics, extending a 2009 agreement with the Salisbury-based company. …

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Roche investing $180m on US diagnostics facilities

October 18, 2010
Research and Development Diagnostics, Roche, Ventana, personalised medicine

Swiss drugmaker Roche is planning to invest $180 million and boost staff at its diagnostics subsidiary Ventana Medical Systems, as …

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Roche to acquire digital pathology specialists

August 23, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, Roche

Roche has added to its portfolio of diagnostics products by acquiring US company BioImagene. The privately held Californian company specialises …

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Roche buys insulin patch company

April 13, 2010
Research and Development Diagnostics, Roche, diabetes

Roche has acquired insulin delivery specialist company Medingo to consolidate its presence in the diabetes care market.  Medingo, formerly a …

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AstraZeneca continues personalised healthcare push

January 19, 2010
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Dako, Diagnostics, Iressa

AstraZeneca and cancer diagnostics specialist Dako Denmark are to develop companion diagnostics for a number of the pharma company’s oncology …

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Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup

January 15, 2010
Medical Communications Diagnostics, Novartis, Roche, digital pharma, malaria

In this week’s roundup: Roche answers cancer testing questions, Novartis uses SMS in fight against malaria, UCB goes to Facebook …

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Pharma and diagnostics to converge in personalised medicines

July 28, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, strategy

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